A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Maxbetter has been cultivating his interest in veterinary medicine since a young age. From being read Russian children’s stories about “Doctor Aybolit” by his grandmother, to going with his parents to see horses at a nearby stable as a child, to working at a local small animal hospital, he has thoroughly enjoyed learning about animals over the years.

He studied Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard before beginning veterinary school in 2014. Some of his interests within the profession include One Health and zoological medicine, the latter of which was sparked by a summer internship at the Israeli Wildlife Hospital. Maxbetter also enjoys playing soccer, biking, hiking, writing raps, making music videos, and spending time with his friends and family.

I was perusing through a veterinary magazine that discussed infectious diseases in the U.S. and abroad when I found an article about Kazakhstan that piqued my interest. The subject matter was the prevalence of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in the country. This article stood out among the rest due to a personal bias: […]

Learning to draw blood from a pig is no simple matter. In truth, the technique is not so much complex as it is laborious. During a clinical skills rotation to the swine barn, my classmates and I took turns snaring sows and drawing blood from them, the latter activity colloquially referred to as “bleeding” the […]

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” The Class of 2017 received their white coats after finishing their hundredth and final exam of the non-clinical years. The ceremony was held in an auditorium at Worcester Technical High School because there was no venue at Tufts was large enough to accommodate […]

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Jenifer Ritter

First Year, Penn Foster

Jenifer works full time at an Emergency Veterinary Clinic while going to school to become a certified veterinary technician. She is hopeful that blogging about her journey through the veterinary technology program will help others realize it is never too late to act on your dreams and become a certified veterinary professional.

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